“Come on, Louise,” she urged, tugging at her chum’s hand.
Louise held back. “What do you intend to do?”
“Why, we’re going to follow that taxi!” Penny splashed through the flooded gutter toward the waiting cab. “This is a real break for us! With luck we’ll learn the location of The Green Parrot!”
CHAPTER
11
PURSUIT BY TAXI
“Keep that green taxi in sight!” Penny instructed her own cab driver as she and Louise leaped into the rear seat.
“Sure,” agreed the taxi man, showing no surprise at the request.
Thrilled, and feeling rather theatrical, Penny and Louise sat on the edge of their seats. Anxiously they watched the green cab ahead. Weaving in and out of downtown traffic, it cruised at a slow speed and so, was not hard to follow.
Louise gazed at the running tape of the taxi meter. “Do you see that ticker?” she whispered. “I hope you’re well fortified with spare change.”
“I haven’t much money with me. Let’s trust that The Green Parrot is somewhere close.”
“More than likely it’s miles out in the country,” Louise returned pessimistically.